Russell’s experience combines the practical execution of geochemical programmes of up to +500,000 samples for a single client, coupled with an extensive research and development background, leading to positive outcomes for many
projects. Russell’s recent success includes the discovery of numerous Cu-Mo porphyries in South America; blind gold deposits (to +300m depth) in Australia, North America and across Africa; and definition of a major gold deposit
in the Middle East.”
Russell has been based near Brisbane, Australia and Seville, Spain since 2016 consulting to exploration and mining companies predominantly in Europe and Africa. Before this he worked as head
of exploration for numerous companies, his most recent roles being Director of Precious and Base Metals for Ma’aden, Saudi Arabia and Exploration Manager and Chief Geologist for both Ausgold Limited and Redbank Copper Ltd,
Australia. Russell has also carried out research as a Director of the Geochemistry Research Centre and for the CSIRO, Division of Exploration, both based in Western Australia; and was the founding Managing Director of
Geochemex Australia, the consultancy firm which discovered a number of gold and base metal deposits.
Russell holds a Diploma of Applied Geology from the Bendigo School of Mines, an Honours degree in Geochemistry from
the University of WA., and a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education.
“I’m looking forward to being a member of the SRK Exploration team and adding to the continued development of SRK’s multi-disciplinary exploration
capacity,” says Russell. “New advances in geochemistry are now enabling us to recognise not only commodity-element anomalies over previously undetected buried mineralisation, but also the multi-element patterns revealed at
surface that define halos surrounding large systems. It is a thrilling time for geochemistry and to be able to expand this diverse service offering to SRK’s international network is an exciting challenge.”
